If you are like me, you sometimes say, “What can I do to even make a dent in abolishing the crime of the sex slave trade?” “Little ole’ me?” “The problem is so huge. There’s nothing I can do.”
Exodus Cry is a great organization that is very active in exposing the evils of the sex slave trade. I recently came across this list on their website of 10 things everyone can do to stop this horrible cancer that is spreading across the globe.
I sit here in Jerusalem, 2000 miles from Brussels and Antwerp, unable to go into the red light districts and show the women (and men) the love of Abba God. Yet I can pray. It is in the place of intercession where the battles are won on the ground in those dark places. Without prayer we have no hope of lives being affected and the atmosphere changing.
I am stirred. I love those women.
This is my view from my bedroom window as I wake up for the next two weeks. The southwestern slope of Mt. Zion in Jerusalem.
As we were walking to the Old City today I took this shot. It never gets old.
Gary and I are presently in Israel re-connecting with Succat Hallel and deepening friendships that were formed in 2009. We have writing projects and other things we are working on, but mostly we are being refreshed. It sounds unusual that we would be refreshed in such a spiritual and political hotbed such as Jerusalem, but God’s presence is here in a very powerful way. You can’t help but be refreshed as you walk the streets, pray at the Wall, and visit the Temple Mount! As I sit in the prayer room overlooking Mt. Zion, I am reminded over and over again of God’s plan for this earth. He is sovereign. Nothing will thwart His purposes for this Land or the nations of the earth. Our job is to hasten His coming by interceding for the Jewish people so that all Israel will be saved. (more…)
